I'm giving away the Pink laptop that was featured in my last video! twitter.com/NathanPSI/status/1402905668592410630?s=19 The rules are listed in the Twitter thread listed above. I'm posting to the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand 🙂 Goodluck!
@sicksly8483 жыл бұрын
wheres canada bro
@appledolphin81573 жыл бұрын
About the Bios locked issue, call Lenovo and try to use social engineering to have them unlock it for you. I bought a Thinkpad that was bios locked, called lenovo, and they unlocked it for me. Hopefully you will have just as much luck.
@TheSpotify953 жыл бұрын
Entered - thank you :)
@r.eac.t50913 жыл бұрын
hey could you add canada posting :)
@Sahilkumar-ko9sm3 жыл бұрын
I am facing little problem my ThinkPad shutdown automatically after some time of use. I am not able to find any reason . Can one suggest any solution or may be what is the problem in my ThinkPad??
@LGR3 жыл бұрын
That teeny little keyboard light is just lovely. Reminds me of the map light in my old Buick.
@rrp64053 жыл бұрын
That unopened ThinkPad video was epic 👍
@RMPANDA9643 жыл бұрын
LOL Clint. I remember mine back when I had my Buick Century
@lasgio_3 жыл бұрын
2 of my favorite KZbinrs in one place!
@thejohnnymoe3 жыл бұрын
my old accord had a map light like that too. loved it
@grassulo3 жыл бұрын
I had a regal gran sport 2 door it had the map lights with the lenses you could aim, perfect for playing gameboy advance before they came out with the back lit model lol.
@AlexTechYT3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a complete scam: At least you got a free Aldi bag!
@JamesGalaxy413 жыл бұрын
Lol
@magicmango27873 жыл бұрын
$1 value!!
@ZephyrKV3 жыл бұрын
I see we have an optimist here
@ZephyrKV3 жыл бұрын
@@magicmango2787 HuGE pROFiT1!!!1!1!!1!1
@CommodoreFan643 жыл бұрын
Plus $50 AUD(about $38 USD) for a working Thinkpad even with DDR2 is not bad deal period, it is a shame the seller lied on the specs however.
@munenex3 жыл бұрын
255% available charging. Now that's quite a deal
@carltonleboss3 жыл бұрын
What a deal!
@lemurmad3 жыл бұрын
wait till somebody doesnt get the joke lol But yeah, that's a huge deal!
@lemurmad3 жыл бұрын
@@captainchris2 That's actually not the reason. Its just windows being windows. But they fixed it in the updates.
@plzdonhack3 жыл бұрын
lemurmad I still got the 255% when I had a dead battery in 20H2. I think it may vary from laptop to laptop. Mine still had some voltage in the pack so maybe that’s why
@lemurmad3 жыл бұрын
@@plzdonhack I think they fix it in 21H1. You gotta download it from microsoft or whenever it shows up in updates.
@PearCoin1243 жыл бұрын
a little unreleated but i really miss laptops with a hell ton of ports
@CommodoreFan643 жыл бұрын
Many Lenovo Thinkpad models still have them if you want them.
@zdravkodimitrov3 жыл бұрын
@@CommodoreFan64 My Dell XPS15 has practically anything I would need. Also, business laptops usually have many more ports.
@rollingtroll3 жыл бұрын
Typing this on an M1 macbook air. I feel ya.
@PearCoin1243 жыл бұрын
a toshiba satellite A350 laptop that has hardware failure is the only laptop i've seen a microphone port on in real life
@rollingtroll3 жыл бұрын
@@PearCoin124 Huh? I have never seen an (older) laptop without one? :D.
@skraegorn73173 жыл бұрын
Good video! I’ve had eBay purchases come in just like this, you’re not alone.
@tamiwu03463 жыл бұрын
My “refurbished dell student ready laptop” overheated and died but 1 week after I bought it from eBay. In retrospect partly our fault for trusting a shady seller, but also the sellers part for blatant false advertising.
@RocketJSykes3 жыл бұрын
everyobody that likes shopping on ebay has been scammed numerous times..
@dtl52983 жыл бұрын
Clicked faster than you could say "Eucalyptus Oil"
@blood....3 жыл бұрын
great comment
@skyediann33993 жыл бұрын
On the GPU front you actually got lucky in a way, the Quadro NVS cards in the 61 series ThinkPads are notorious for failing. Still doesn't excuse a scam.
@a_xylotl3 жыл бұрын
The official buyers guide also recommended against buying the p suffix T series because of that as well.
@skyediann33993 жыл бұрын
@@a_xylotl It's a shame really, such a nice machine yet you can't take advantage of the higher powered models because they will likely fail.
@penguinsushi84423 жыл бұрын
@@skyediann3399 The Dell Latitude D630 models with Quadro NVS cards fail frequently too.
@s8wc33 жыл бұрын
@@penguinsushi8442 All early nvidia G8xM chips fail. Doesn't matter what laptop. Desktop cards including G9x are also prone. MCPs (their nforce chipset) from this time might be as well. Basically if it's an nvidia product from 2007-8, run away.
@rollingtroll3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much any 'high end' videochip in a laptop is notorious for desoldering itself. I am still baffled by how many people bought laptops with geforces and radeons back in the day. After 4, 5 years they were all dead as a dodo.
@MIZUch.3 жыл бұрын
"It looks like some school students thought this was a touch screen" That must be the most Gen Z thing I've ever heard in a while
@criostasis3 жыл бұрын
I think it would be a good video to show your audience why you weren’t eligible for the eBay buyer protection aka money back guarantee. This way they can see what went wrong and how to avoid getting scammed like you did.
@Bluecolty3 жыл бұрын
Yea, im wondering how he wasn't eligible. The only thing I can think is that he was outside of the 30 day return window which is why its important to inspect and test ebay purchases ASAP
@Bluecolty3 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim at the very least its an item not as described. The seller might have made a mistake and shipped him the wrong laptop sure but its still not ok. Imagine ordering a laptop with an intel core i7 and getting an i3.
@JTHelectronics3 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim yeah, these sellers are often pc recyclers and are selling huge lots of stuff - yes they should be more careful but i like to attribute this kind of stuff to ignorance instead of malice
@polocatfan2 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim he should have gotten a partial refund since it wasn't as listed. I've legitimately never had an issue with the site so I'm not sure what even happened. Hell I've never even had to escalate it to ebay, I just contact the seller and they usually give a fair deal (or in the case of a thing I ordered recently, they were able to ship it for a cheaper price than their estimate so without even contacting them they refunded me the difference.)
@pafawag5b6b5b3 жыл бұрын
my mom still uses this exact laptop every day, i think even with the exact same specs, but i'm not sure about that
@autumn_of_thought3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't you get that laptop to be upgraded/ refurbished for her? .. I'm sure it deserves that.
@RuruFIN3 жыл бұрын
The bios can probably be cleared like many other older Thinkpads. My second hand E540 was also locked but I found a guide how to reset it.
@aegonthedragon73033 жыл бұрын
I cleared my parts 390’s bios but simply unplugging the CMOS battery and letting all power drain out, then reinstalling it and boom, right into the bios.
@RuruFIN3 жыл бұрын
@@aegonthedragon7303 Some models have a dedicated chip for saving the password etc., on my Thinkpad, I just shorted two legs from that chip when powering on the laptop and that did the trick. So in newer ones the CMOS battery doesn't work, it just resets the bios but doesn't clear the password etc.
@francescotorri43533 жыл бұрын
Never been locked out of my thinkpad, but any acer accepts an universal unlock code you can find online. Maybe there is one too for thinkpads
@mastonepaws3 жыл бұрын
well for me i reset my password bios with shorting the EEPROM but i do not recommend to unplug the cmos battery because if you unplugged it, the password will not reset anymore and i got RTC (Real Time Clock) error in my thinkpad T430 and its very dangerous if you have modified bios like 1vyrain because the date/time setting is gone and dont worry my laptop did fix from laptop servicer (sorry my grammar is broken because my english language is not my first language)
@RowanBird7799 ай бұрын
I believe you have to tear apart the entire machine to do that though
@frostech31493 жыл бұрын
I was breathing until Psivewri released a new video and decided that was more important
@M4tth2w3 жыл бұрын
@Psivewri when you had the laptop open, bios locked laptops can *sometimes* be reset by removing the cmos battery.. laptops have one, they're just abit different to pc cmos batteries.
@Cytron2.03 жыл бұрын
you can use a master bios password too
@applenotbanana7493 жыл бұрын
Man, I can’t wait for these videos! 😂😂
@tianna49503 жыл бұрын
“It’s always very satisfying to remove old paste, maybe that’s just me though” Definitely not, I love getting to the part of the video where the thermal paste is removed haha literally so satisfying seeing it cleaned off
@escapetherace19439 ай бұрын
he used 3x as much paste as he needed to though, and extra paste = worse temps than just right. source: I've pasted laptops with mx4 and mx6 and my first attempts used that much paste and I found out later it spilled over
@Maximus207783 жыл бұрын
Seller :HAHA I'VE SCAMMED YOU Him: hold my eucalyptus oil
@EdgyShooter2 жыл бұрын
5:41 the passive aggressive voice made me so happy 😂
@Raphaelwelingston3 жыл бұрын
I had this laptop from 2016 until 2018. It was the first thinkpad i could actually use to work on and what a pleasure it was ! I made some various upgrade, and finaly swap the motherboard for the nvidia equiped. Sadly, the card failled 8 month after i've buy it. So it's much better you have the intel equipped, because the nvidia was notorious to fail !
@pankoza210 ай бұрын
There is nothing I hate more than BIOS-locked Thinkpads
@mos6581com3 жыл бұрын
With ThinkPads you don't need to lookup random tutorials for disassembly, go download the Hardware Maintenance Manual for whatever machine you're working on and you get a full disassembly guide and parts list for potential upgrades.
@mk-rv9in3 жыл бұрын
the intel gma graphics is just complete pain. i remember trying to play minecraft on old gma4500, good old days....
@johnruschmeyer57693 жыл бұрын
I have an old Dell Latitude D630 which is pretty much the equivalent system down to the X3100 graphics. I was lucky enough to be able to scrounge a Core2 Extreme X9000 and two 4GB RAM sticks for mine. It's a decent performer under Linux though the GMA graphics are the weak point. Ironically, with the D630, having the Intel rather than the nVidia graphics is actually a plus as these systems were initially produced with faulty nVidia GPUs that were prone to failure.
@KofolaDealer3 жыл бұрын
It's possible with Sodium
@RocketJSykes3 жыл бұрын
I currently play on a HP Compaq, from 2010. With a: 2.8 ghz Pentium 8GB DDR3 RAM And an AMD 7400 Series graphics card
@The_JohnF3 жыл бұрын
I kinda thought it was a really old ibm but when I saw it running windows 10 I was like waaaaaaaaaa
@steverhodesvideos62443 жыл бұрын
I had the same reaction when I was able to install Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron 6400.
@rollingtroll3 жыл бұрын
Don't change a winning team!
@EdgyShooter2 жыл бұрын
I always forget just how short the time period that IBM actually made ThinkPads was
@Valrax3 жыл бұрын
I was looking at the same exact one lol, trying to grab one for older games / windows xp system
@abhimaanmayadam57133 жыл бұрын
I don't recommend it
@abhimaanmayadam57133 жыл бұрын
It doesn't support Opengl.
@Valrax3 жыл бұрын
@@abhimaanmayadam5713 Thanks for the comment, I'm about to buy a older ThinkPad and will have to double check with what I need and whether or not it comes with it. I honestly had no idea
@abhimaanmayadam57133 жыл бұрын
@@Valrax old intel integrated graphics dont support opengl. Find something with an ATi graphics card. Intel CPU is fine. Also get something with a core 2 duo. Core Duos and Pentium Ms are 32 bit and don't support pae.
@sahd0w3 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video!!! Sorry you got scammed but it was still fun to watch you finagle with it. I agree about the keyboard... I have an old Lenovo laptop from 2010 and although the system itself is slower than molasses, the keyboard feels AMAZING to type on. I wish newer laptops offered the same typing experience.
@amirpourghoureiyan16373 жыл бұрын
Removing the clock battery should erase the BIOS password, either that or using a DOS flasher to revert it back to the stock Lenovo one.
@goranzavicsa33693 жыл бұрын
That's not an option with these machines, as they store the password on a dedicated chip and removing the CMOS battery doesn't do anything to it.
@xureality3 жыл бұрын
For disassembly, Lenovo publishes "hardware maintenance manuals", it should be on their website along with the usual manuals.
@internziko3 жыл бұрын
The way that jerk packed it is a crime against humanity.
@JackDaltonlocal3 жыл бұрын
Dear Psivewri, for old hardware, I recommend you to use q4OS or exeLinux (both with the trinity desktop, an old KDE desktop environment but up to modern standards).
@carltonleboss3 жыл бұрын
This is why you check the seller's ratings on Ebay
@k.b.tidwell3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love those old Thinkpads! I never buy from sellers with less than a 97% or so positive rating because of junk like this. And I always read a lot of the customer feedback for the ones I do buy from. You can get a good feel really quick for who you're dealing with. I'm strict with myself over that because I got scammed myself. I ordered an SSD from a 97% positive seller a year or so ago and tracked it til I was told it had arrived at my home. It had not. I contacted EBay, they said wait a day or so. Never came. I took the tracking number, called UPS, and they said it had been delivered to another address a couple miles from me. It had not. I contacted the seller, who said that yes the package had been delivered. It...had not been delivered. Then I noticed...the seller's name in the email was different than the one I had purchased from. I followed the link in the email, and I ended up at a totally different store...with a 77% positive approval! No amount of maneuvering could get me back to the original seller. That seller simply didn't exist. I contacted EBay and put them on the scent, presenting my evidence. They not only immediately refunded my $$$, but they contacted me back and said they had shut the seller down for fraud. A few very stressful days taught me not to skip the details. It wasn't a lot of money but nobody likes to get taken and honestly I've got much better ways to waste time than that.
@expexp5623 жыл бұрын
7:01 Same as the HP Compaq nx7300
@gfast8810 ай бұрын
Great video! I've loved ThinkPads from the beginning. Seeing older budget models makes me appreciate how far they've come, even though they all posessed brilliant design from the earlier years. I currently use a bit dated T470s model, but my first ThinkPad was an i Series 1300 - I loved those huge bezels and my USB wifi adaptor.
@Kenaz823 жыл бұрын
Love the ThinkPad content! Unfortunately I can relate to poor packaging. I once had someone send me a 2010 15" MacBook Pro in just a postage bag without bubble wrap! It arrived with a completely shattered screen.
@johnhudson92483 жыл бұрын
maybe already cracked before posting ?
@davebirch25433 жыл бұрын
I'd love to find a way to out scam these types of scammers, especially the ones who don't even bother to reply as they're likely too busy ripping people off to have the time. The thought has occured to try and gather a group of like minded people with a small amount of money to temporarily burn to get together, buy out all their stock and then have everyone claim it back on paypal. Ending up with nothing but auction fees may get their attention.
@kielagut3 жыл бұрын
I got my first ThinkPad a few months ago: a T61 with the infamous NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M GPU. Older batches of this laptop appears to have problems with the GPU. Fortunately, mine does seem to be working just fine. Exact same process on disassembly! I also spent on 4GB DDR2 RAM sticks. Glad you still enjoyed working on that R61 despite the hiccups with the seller.
@lbsiuk3 жыл бұрын
Did you actually buy 4GB dimms? I thought they were stupidly expensive, a good $50 each?
@kielagut3 жыл бұрын
@@lbsiuk I did buy 1 lol! My friend bought a 4GB DDR2 stick for her old laptop, but it became really slow for some reason, even with updated BIOS. So I she gave it to me, hence my second 4GB stick.
@lbsiuk3 жыл бұрын
@@kielagut my god you are lucky. I am really tempted to buy 2 4GB sticks for my Dell E6400/D830, as they can both take 8GB, but I really don't want to pay that much. It's possible that CEX will have it at a cheap price though.
@XenoMobilePhones3 жыл бұрын
This guy is FRICKING underrated. He needs more views
@thehobnob3 жыл бұрын
We used to use R61s as classroom projector hosts. The CPU fans had a tendency to fail out of the blue, so seeing the insides of that laptop brought back some memories!
@gdubleu3 жыл бұрын
HI mate i had one of these few years ago, You can do the middletons bios upgrade to unlock the sata 2 speeds.
@lukemichealhaynes1533 жыл бұрын
That knife always makes me feel like the product will be incredible
@k.b.tidwell3 жыл бұрын
Epic blades = epic reveals
@JackStavris3 жыл бұрын
I currently use a ThinkPad R61 as a basic home server that I bought back in 2015 for dirt cheap on eBay, it does the job reasonably well and is in really good shape, I run an external drive enclosure over USB 2.0 and have it set up through Windows Storage Spaces. Mine runs a T7200 @ 2.0 GHz, 4GB of RAM, a spare 120GB SanDisk SSD I had lying around and currently have it running Windows Server 2012 R2 (Windows 8.1), it was running Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7) for a long time until last year when support ended so it got an upgrade. I wouldn't take it further than Windows 8.1 tbh, back when I first got it I used it as a machine to run the Windows 10 beta builds before it came out and they never seemed to run the best, even after Windows 10 was finalised. I'd just stick with Windows 8.1 or Linux for one of these.
@AlexanderOhm3 жыл бұрын
This brings me back. This was the laptop i got when i attended high-school. Thanks for the great vid! :)
@fishmanloveslinux-mz7rf4 ай бұрын
I had the exact same model that I bought for $1 USD in the States at a University auction. I cleaned it up, replaced the HDD with a 128 Gb SSD, then maxxed out the RAM. Since I don't Game I just fixed it up to do Office tasks and finally I installed Arch Linux XFCE4 on it. It ran great for what it was designed to do. Great video! Thanks for sharing. Also,
@rjpointon88593 жыл бұрын
The seller didnt THINK he would get exposed selling the THINKpad. My sense of humor doesnt exist 🥲
@omegacloud203 жыл бұрын
I THINK you should probably keep your day job 😏
@rollingtroll3 жыл бұрын
You may want to THINK again before posting your next joke
@rjpointon88593 жыл бұрын
@@rollingtroll i THINK i should 😅
@KozenaDrzka3 жыл бұрын
2:33 Dude, some laptops still have a similar resolution.
@TheSpotify953 жыл бұрын
Shame that you got scammed - and it's unusual for eBay to not agree with you. Normally, eBay quickly sides with the buyer in any return request - you can easily open a request for "doesn't work or is defective", or "doesn't match description or photos" and force a return, with the seller paying the return postage. The seller can also give a partial refund if they want to (which you can accept or decline).
@Fejszi3 жыл бұрын
Hello Nathan. I recommend you search up Sebi's Random Tech's video on clearing Supervisor passwords from Thinkpad's. I used his video to clear the supervisor password from my T61. Also, if you do it, you can flash Middleton's modbios for these Thinkpads. Since you put in an SSD the SATA II speeds would be a great addition.
@Owenwestrick3 жыл бұрын
i like that he kinda laughed when he said that he was excited
@certs7433 жыл бұрын
I used to have the older Pentium M based R 51 Thinkpad. The R series were really great laptops and they still run pretty well under Linux. I got a new battery for mine and passed it on to someone in my community,
@altonkilbourn15952 жыл бұрын
If the bios is locked just check the net to see how to unlock a IBM ThinkPad bios i have an dell precision m4700 that had a bios password on it i went on the net and found out how to unlock the dell precision m4700 bios
@cwyckisslick94443 жыл бұрын
3:25 I think you were reading the latency as the speed of the ram, pc5300 runs at 667mhz and the pc6400 dimms you installed run at 800mhz ;)
@cwyckisslick94443 жыл бұрын
I also can't recall if the 965 chipset supports 1006mhz processors, but there is a pin modification you can dig up to run 667mhz fsb processors at 800, and 800mhz processors at 1066. Processors with a 2.0-2.4ghz stock clock speed are the sweet spot for doing this modification and I ran a T7200 at 2.4ghz in a Dell Precision M4300 with a slight undervolt for several years.
@FrancescoDondi3 жыл бұрын
A laptop with replaceable CPU. Feels like alien technology today!
@s8wc33 жыл бұрын
Right? Unfortunately laptop manufacturers don't even have the choice. Intel or AMD just don't sell a laptop CPU with pins. BGA only. Tossers
@FrancescoDondi3 жыл бұрын
@@s8wc3 there are some laptops which use a desktop CPU, but of course much bulk and precious little autonomy
@FrancescoDondi3 жыл бұрын
@@s8wc3 maybe battery will improve once BIG.little becomes standard also for Intel
@Biaanca5036 Жыл бұрын
Socketed CPU is more of a 'gotcha' for the uninitiated though. Liiike.. You can only replace a 2004 CPU with a 'very slightly' faster CPU that's also from 2004. ~usually stuff like that. The reality is that socket compatibility puts an end to most of the fantasy. I get a feeling that when people see old laptops with CPU sockets in them they think they'll be able to put a "zOMG 32 cores" 2025 CPU into in the future but that's just not how it ended up working. They end up buying an old thinkpad and then being bored of the lack of 'real' upgradeability in like a month 😄👋
@RynoDBones3 жыл бұрын
Yay, Linux Mint. One of my favorites for low end systems.
@k.b.tidwell3 жыл бұрын
I'm celebrating with you while writing this on my Linux Mint Acer E11 from 2015! (echo, echo, echo, echo!)
@YasinVanDoorsen3 жыл бұрын
Thicker laptops were probably more durable than today's skinny laptops which only have 3 usb ports and non removable batteries and no cpu upgrade 😡😡😡😡
@YasinVanDoorsen3 жыл бұрын
@@FlyboyHelosim noice!
@sudoertor20093 жыл бұрын
Some of the bios chips can be unlocked by shorting a few pins. I know it works on the x131e and similar models, maybe look into that.
@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim3 жыл бұрын
can you make a bonus video or *short* about that red scale toy car you have ?
@henryatkinson14793 жыл бұрын
You can unlock those BIOSs on old TPs with an actual paperclip. Shorting the EEPROM at a set time in boot cycle does it.
@henryatkinson14793 жыл бұрын
@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE There are safe-date motherboards that don't suffer from the nVidia bonding agent failure.
@s8wc33 жыл бұрын
The screen in this one has probably been changed before. The stickers covering the screw holes often get lost, or the tech doesn't bother applying new adhesive so they just fall off. Specs wise I bet you the seller just googled the model on the screen bezel instead of the proper machine type on the bottom and just took the first thing they saw as gospel.
@Hikarmeme3 жыл бұрын
This is why I don't buy from sellers that have ratings below like 97%
@EgoShredder3 жыл бұрын
The first Thinkpad I bought from Ebay was a X60s, and that arrived in a thin flimsy cardboard box with no bubble wrap or anything to protect it at all. I was extremely lucky it arrived in mint condition with not a scratch and fully working.
@markaz2kk3 жыл бұрын
The school it came from, should give you the old cmos password. Otherwise you’ll need to jump a few wires to a serial dump module to find the hex code for the password
@mrbisshie3 жыл бұрын
If he removed the CMOS battery for a while, wouldn't that clear the password? I never dealt with a bios password.
@michvod3 жыл бұрын
Few notes to add, nVidia Quadro NVS 140 was fine when it was working, which it wasn't for long. It is the same as the GeForce 8400M, and those failed like mad when these machines were 1-3 years old. I had a R61 back in 2009 (I even installed Windows 7 RC on it), but it failed being only 14 months old and out of warranty. I repaired it with heating the GPU with a heatgun, but I know it didn't last more than few months then. So good thing you didn't get a Quadro model. For the locked BIOS, I think there is a way to unlock it, either by an unlock code and a unlock generator, or reading a password chip with a cheap programmer. Perhaps an idea for a next video :)
@indask83 жыл бұрын
I've had the opposite experience buying a dell laptop on ebay, seller had several in stock so it was certainly laptops sold by a company after they were replaced, It was supposed to come with a 3720QM, it came with a 3740QM (100mhz extra base and boost speed) so that's a win.
@nicacioedu3 жыл бұрын
I few months ago I've got a Lenovo X61S for free - it came in a box with a lot of free components. No memory. No HDD. I just added 2x1GB DDR2-667 SO-DIMM and a 160GB 2.5" HDD to it, installed ElementaryOS and voilá: it is now up and running flawlessly.
@adamoskyjonathon11323 жыл бұрын
Looks like a Thinktank what a design nightmare for upgrades or if has issues.The yellow led light is so funny.
@9inchpp3 жыл бұрын
I actually like that little LED light better. It's not as harsh to the eyes especially in a dim-lit area, especially when non-gaming laptop tend to use white or blue-tinged backlit keyboard. Reminds me of early to mid 2010s HP laptop
@bottomtext58723 жыл бұрын
I can hear Dankpods scraming about ebay GSP
@SnowBunneh3 жыл бұрын
Your profile pic is adorable :3
@joshpayne40153 жыл бұрын
Ugh. eBay is the worst, not only do they fee you to death, but like you experienced, they're not there on your side as a buyer when it matters.
@handlemissing7 ай бұрын
The BIOS can be reset by either: - unplugging the main and CMOS batteries and holding down the power button for 10 seconds or - if that doesn't work, get a CH341A programmer and flash the EEPROM.
@maritoguionyo3 жыл бұрын
5:46 could you try using a master key?
@ditroia27773 жыл бұрын
My Lenovo legion also has a screen that folds down like that. You should definitely check out the sellers feedback.
@EgoShredder3 жыл бұрын
The BIOS can be unlocked with the right tools. I bought a Thinkpad with a locked BIOS but fortunately it had already been upgraded with a modded version, e.g. to unlock SATA 2 capability as the X61s is factored limited to SATA 1 otherwise.
@astaroth_sasazaki_yt3 жыл бұрын
Laptop: *is dirty Eucalyptus oil: Hello there.
@sleora3 жыл бұрын
It made me remember that I spotted a Thinkpad T61 15.4" on ebay for 8€, it was marked as "For pieces" even though it was working...
@ncgvlogger82203 жыл бұрын
The guy how uses his own music but has to mention
@00SNIVY003 жыл бұрын
the vertical USB port made me laugh more than it should have
@albertdiehl12983 жыл бұрын
1:30 OK HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!? 255% 😂😂😂
@retrogaminglife843 жыл бұрын
Love what you do with these computers. Amazing !
@trevormang74643 жыл бұрын
You can install a T9300 or even X9100 cpu in it, alongside Middleton's BIOS and 2x4GB DDR2 RAM, it is still a very capable machine
@ugzz2 жыл бұрын
I mean.. in quite a few benches the 5800 vs the 7100 is between margin of error and 5%.. I mean you had to open it anyway to do the paste, but I doubt it's a noticeable change. I have some old laptops of this generation and I can never find much use for them. This being right around the Vista era, maybe you could find XP drivers? This could be a nice XP system.. no gpu kinda hurts though.
@wombat1238marsupial3 жыл бұрын
I always check feedback first especially buying a laptop. Feedback showed seller had +20 & -5 for past month. At least you had something that worked.
@suppengroove3 жыл бұрын
there's aldi stores in australia? how global are they :D
@albertdiehl12983 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised how that laptop survived inside an Aldi bag!
@k.b.tidwell3 жыл бұрын
The seller didn't intend to, but he just proved how tough those buggers really are lol.
@PolosRavros3 жыл бұрын
I really love those old Thinkpads! They look well and it's still possible to use in 2021! :D SSD +Linux Mint XFCE makes it faster than before!
@MilitristRB3 жыл бұрын
This is completely off topic. But I just wanna say I love that hoodie
@sburton0153 жыл бұрын
a couple of months ago, I found a true IBM Thinkpad G40 laptop on the side of the road. It still works fine and booted right into Windows XP. It has a 2.6 ghz Intel Pentium 4 cpu with 512 mb ram and it seems to be from early 2004. Still works fine today although it has a damaged usb port, but still not bad for a laptop that I found in the trash.
@ThePolaroid6694 ай бұрын
also, by the time you get the laptop after being posted, anything germ wise is likely to be long dead anyway. So the cleaning process, apart from making it look nicer, is not going to make it any safer.
@adkenzo3 жыл бұрын
Just came across the channel enjoyed the content and humour 😂 👏
@bassanup3 жыл бұрын
1:58 ... absolutely loved it
@timg69303 жыл бұрын
The Thinkpads are just about bullet proof. I don't think I would buy one that old, but at that price delivered, it's a fun machine to play with.
@imm3113 жыл бұрын
Great video! You brought that laptop back to life!
@EdgyShooter2 жыл бұрын
I love cleaning away thermal paste, however I hate when it's on an aluminium heatsink as they always discolour
@TAGMedia73 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried replacing thermal heat transfer pads with copper shims the other bridge chips? I've done this with some old Dell laptops and had enormous performance gains.
@nameinvalid692 жыл бұрын
at least you got bubblewrap. You know what someone did sending 2x RX580 video cards to me? Newspaper. Exactly ONE piece of newspaper. I'm not joking. Props to the courier company of not breaking them... they still functions.
@barrysauce3 жыл бұрын
The inside looks very similar to the t400. The heatsink looks much better quality as the t400 fan is very small and doesn't cool the CPU very well. This model seems newer and they fixed all the issues from previous models
@ZaimAfham3 жыл бұрын
I also have this laptop given by government 10 years ago. Still working except the display become white and cloudy after using it a few minutes. Now can’t find any display part at my place. So the laptop sitting in my storage
@ckmack77163 жыл бұрын
Where do you take most of the laptops
@gamerkhan26933 жыл бұрын
Luv the video as always ....i also have thinkpad t410 with i5 processor and same battery issue as yours laptop have in the video but it still working good
@pinakinkale3 жыл бұрын
If you want to remove the bios lock, consider replacing that CMOS battery that usually works for me